easy if you have the right kind of mister then all you need to do is aime the nozzle into the bottom of a small square bucket, hang the bucket upsidedown. When you run the mister the water will pool up on the top and drip off looking just like rain
well the usual complaint is just improper care mostly bad husbandry and all that stuff but its a big box pet store so there about money not the animals
well everything looks good to me ..
only thing that i could suggest would be a little more dense foliage but other then that it looks pretty solid to me..
I cant fully make it out but what are you using as a drainage system im sure i way seeing a tub underneath but cant quite make it out...
is there a plactic peice in the bottom like a tub or something?if its screen my suggest building a small box that you can sit the cage on and go buy one of those 10 dollar plastic laundry tubs that you can put in the box to collect all the water would solve your drainge issue right there.
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he does seem a tad small to me but hey everything and everyone grows at a different rate as long as hes healthy hydrated and well fed i would worry to much about it, he will bulk up in no time
could it by chance just be a mineral or salt secreation ? only other thing i could think of is a RI but youl will have to have someone with better knowledge chime in
sorry about your loss, im not sure about when the bulge develops but id imagine anywhere from 2 months up you can see it forming somewhat might not all that noticable but just keep checking its bound to show up sooner or later... That also sucks that they sent you the wrong sex but when thre...